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Performance to mark the filling of hydro lake Dunstan, Clyde, New Zealand

Lake Fill II
Artifacts used in the Performance sequence

"I had dreams, quixotic dreams, where I contemplated the earth and the river as having its own gigantic "earth" electrical circuit and people as an indirect extension of that circuit, or complex intricate components of a whole. I dreamt of strange ceremonial artifacts, conducting rods, dividers, induction coils, connectors etc artifacts from an invented mythology religious items from a different power. Soon I engaged in the making of conductive artifacts ( sculptures) from the remains of discarded objects of brass with past uses from past times. For months before the performance, I scoured the local scrap merchant's brass bins, selecting potential parts, laying them out to create new objects. I then fused these unrelated items into structures that resembled strange religious artifacts".

Lloyd Godman 1994

 
Fill conductive Artifact I 1993 - Found objects - Brass - from Lake Fill Series - click on image to enlarge

Lloyd Godman